View Full Version : Fitting Speedohealer to GSX-R600 K8
slofox
9th September 2010, 13:23
Has anyone fitted a speedohealer to a K8 gixxer sixxer?
Care to give me any pointers? Like where you fitted it, where the speed sensor is located (under the tank?), what you pulled off the bike to fit it, where you ran the wiring and so forth and so on...
All handy hints gratefully received. May the biker gods smile upon your endeavours...
White trash
9th September 2010, 13:27
If you're talking about the original speed sensor and where it's located, it's on the end of the countershaft sprocket. If you didn't know that you should perhaps leave the cool bike to the young fellas you silly old bugger. :D
slofox
9th September 2010, 14:44
If you're talking about the original speed sensor and where it's located, it's on the end of the countershaft sprocket. If you didn't know that you should perhaps leave the cool bike to the young fellas you silly old bugger. :D
The electrical device - the one with the black/red, black/white, black wires...that the healer plugs into...
:p:p:p:p:p:p
EDIT: As you were - what I really need is the connector, not the unit...anyway. I'll find it even without help from certain young whippersnappers...218267
nodrog
9th September 2010, 14:54
Mabel and I just read the instructions, it was easy as pie.
Fanny
slofox
9th September 2010, 15:01
Mabel and I just read the instructions, it was easy as pie.
Fanny
Read the instructions, huh. Never thought of THAT!...mmmm I just might be able to do that if I try real hard I suppose...
I've found an online guide anyway but it seems to be totally over fussy to me. I bet I can find an easier way - nothing like a bit of brute force and ignorance...
nodrog
9th September 2010, 15:16
Read the instructions, huh. Never thought of THAT!...mmmm I just might be able to do that if I try real hard I suppose...
I've found an online guide anyway but it seems to be totally over fussy to me. I bet I can find an easier way - nothing like a bit of brute force and ignorance...
Hey if a couple of Lesbians can figure it out, I am sure a Grumpy Old Bastard will be fine. :yes:
Fanny
slofox
9th September 2010, 15:22
Hey if a couple of Lesbians can figure it out, I am sure a Grumpy Old Bastard will be fine. :yes:
Fanny
:rofl:
I wouldn't be so sure of that - two whole brains ought to best one half brain any day...
I don't even have the healer in my hot little hands yet. I usually find that once I poke about a bit I can find all I need to know - I managed quite a few mods on the SVS when I had that. Without blowing anything up either...
I learned a lot on my first bike - old and obsolescent - ya just had to fake stuff...once you'd pulled it apart you HAD to learn to get it back together again...
BuzzardNZ
9th September 2010, 15:37
why's your speedo out? Change the sprockets?
slofox
10th September 2010, 12:35
why's your speedo out? Change the sprockets?
Nah - no change of anything. Put it down to "Factory Optimism"
It over-reads by around 9% according to a GPS I checked it against - just too much for me to be happy with. So after six months, I decided I wanted to mess with it...sigh - every bike I have I swear I'll not meddle with - and six months down the track it's "hmmmm - I could always..mumblemuttermutterngngnrrrr..."
slofox
22nd September 2010, 15:28
Speedohealer arrived today.
Now to get meddling...:devil2:
slofox
23rd September 2010, 13:18
:argh::angry::mad::angry2::bash::brick::ar15::thud ::cry:
I need midget hands to undo that friggin' speed sensor coupling...my fat mitts just won't fit in that tiny space...
Besides, I need two hands to undo the thing (even if I could get 'em in there) and a third hand to hold the torch so's I can actually see...
Gave up this morning - didn't have forty hours to spare to complete the job. Verily, 'tis a mindfucker...
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onearmedbandit
23rd September 2010, 13:42
Old people these days. No determination, can't see anything through and give up as soon as the going gets tough.
slofox
23rd September 2010, 14:22
Old people these days. No determination, can't see anything through and give up as soon as the going gets tough.
Young whippersnapper! :bleh:
I only gave up because I had to go to work...but, like Mr Schwarzeneggar, "I'll be baaaaack..."
slofox
24th September 2010, 11:07
WTF? Either the unit is scrambled, or I am...(or maybe both..?)
Wothca reckon about this lot then, eh?
- Installed the unit this morning after finally getting to the sensor coupling by removing the gas tank...
- Plugged in the wiring harness as per instructions. Not hard, it only goes in one way. The clips all clicked into place.
- Ran the test mode. Which is where things strayed a little from expectations...
* held SEL button and turned on ignition. "t" appeared. Released button. Speedo read "something other than zero" (134 in fact). All good so far.
* Rotated back wheel - by hand. "t" did NOT blink. Not good. Started engine and "t" did blink. BUT the speedo began to generate random numbers...???
* Exited test mode thinking that maybe this was what was supposed to happen....
At which point I programmed the unit and went to road test it. Display on unit was fine when ignition switched on - it did what the book said.
BUT. Once I started the engine, the speedo began generating random numbers again. Which it continued to do.
So I pulled everything apart again and checked the couplings. Still looked fine. Undid and reclipped the couplings just to be sure. Like before, they only go in one way and the clips clicked shut. Further testing returned the same result - random numbers generated on the speedo once the engine is started...
So I have no further ideas.
Bastard!
BuzzardNZ
24th September 2010, 11:10
revert to stock and live with the 10% discrepency.
slofox
24th September 2010, 11:16
revert to stock and live with the 10% discrepency.
I spent money on this goddam device - I want something for that money...but yes, in the meantime, that is exactly what I am doing...
onearmedbandit
24th September 2010, 11:51
Have you emailed them about it?
slofox
24th September 2010, 13:28
Have you emailed them about it?
Yeah - did that first thing. Had a reply with a couple of diagnostics I can do - plus a few I have already done.
I'll prolly not get to test it out til Sunday now...
BuzzardNZ
24th September 2010, 15:29
I was planning on changing the gearing on my sprockets to make it a little lower geared, and that would throw my already off by around 10% speedo off even more.
So was only considering this in conjunction with a speedohealer.
After hearing about your nightmare with it, think I'll stick with stock gearing :(
slofox
24th September 2010, 15:55
I was planning on changing the gearing on my sprockets to make it a little lower geared, and that would throw my already off by around 10% speedo off even more.
So was only considering this in conjunction with a speedohealer.
After hearing about your nightmare with it, think I'll stick with stock gearing :(
I think my experience is pretty rare to be honest - most forums I have looked at where they are discussed seem pretty positive about them.
EDIT: Oh then there's THESE (http://www.motomummy.com/store/product.php?productid=18212&cat=0&page=1) doodads as well....
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